The 2018 UAccess Symposium brings together University of Arizona staff and faculty who are interested in furthering the use of UAccess systems in their workplace. The Symposium provides a forum to discuss ideas, find resources, connect with colleagues, and learn about best practice approaches.

We have a whole series of presentations lined up for you, as we have done over the past five years. Your task will be to decide among the fantastic offerings and choose those you're most interested in seeing. You won't be able to attend all of the presentations, but we will be recording them all so you can go back and attend them online at your convenience.

We have a whole series of presentations lined up for you, as we have done over the past five years. Your task is to decide among the fantastic offerings and choose those you're most interested in seeing. You won't be able to attend all of the presentations, but we will be recording them all so you can go back and attend them online at your convenience.

Presentations and Presenters

Our presenters come from all across campus, and they will be coming to tell you all about their particular business processes or what specific challenge, obstacle, or issue they've successfully addressed in their organization. Each of the presentations will definitely have broad appeal. You just have to decide where your interests lie.

Check In / Registration - 8:00 AM-2:00 PM

Poster Presentation - 9:00 AM-4:00 PM

Poster Presentation

C'mon out to the Diamond Atrium to peruse our collection of posters. Individuals from UAIR, UITS, and departments from around campus have devised and designed posters to provide information on their processes, with the hope of helping and encouraging you with your own projects and processes. Take a look!

College of Medicine-Tucson's utilization of data in Adaptive Planning to prepare reports for the annual All Funds budget and for commitment administration and planning. Meaningful reports are created from Adaptive Planning Reports and Officeconnect which included budget vs. actual, multi-year planning, as well as monthly tracking of activities.

Do you know how to determine students’ need? Do you know if an external award has disbursed to the student’s account? Come to this presentation for strategies on using the Student Fin Aid and Fin Aid Details Analytics dashboard to determine student need and monitor student awarding.

The Travel Office will discuss best practices in initiating accurate and timely reimbursements for employee travel via the Disbursement Voucher. The agenda will include policy requirements and navigating UAccess Financials "Before the Trip" and "After the Trip".

Room and Course Scheduling will demonstrate an efficient step-by-step method our experts use to schedule classes during Open Scheduling. We will discuss new features that will help you navigate class schedules, classrooms spaces, and room preferences. A handout will be provided to help you go back to your office and start plugging away at the Schedule of Classes like a expert.

We often hear about "data visualization" or "presenting business information," and it's all mired in technical speak or has so many details that we often don't see just how to apply all of the opinions about what is best or not. This presentation is for everyone, boiling down all the theory into practical recommendations for you to use now, whether it's in Excel, Analytics, or even Word.

In this presentation the Accounts Payable office will discuss best practices in utilizing the Purchase Order process for the purchase of goods and services exceeding $10,000 and multiple invoices for a vendor. The agenda will include an overview of Purchase Order process and navigating UAccess Financials invoice approval, encumbrances, line item receiving requirements and the Auto-Approval process.

What do Yahoo!, Uber, and Equifax have in common? They made headlines for data breaches last year. You play an important role in ensuring that UA’s data remains secure. This session will cover the risks to University data, especially data available in UAccess systems, and what measures you should take to protect it. The tips and tools addressed in this session will also help you understand how you can protect your personal information and home environment.

Come prepared with your questions and submit them to the folks at the Registration desk throughout the day (but by 2:00 PM). Steve will collect your questions, collate them, and pose as many of them as possible to our illustrious panel during this one hour session. Time may be available for additional questions from the floor.